Cold spell ‘to last until mid-February’
published : 15 Jan 2025 at 07:10
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Post Reporters

Cold weather in Thailand will last until mid-February as a result of the La Nina phenomenon, and this summer will not be as hot as previous years, experts say.
Thailand entered the La Nina phase last month, said an environmental expert at Chulalongkorn University.
As an effect of the La Nina phenomenon, southern and southeastern winds are expected to cover the country with high humidity and increased chances of thunderstorms from February to May.
The highest temperatures in March and April will not be as high as in previous years, thanks to the high humidity and rain.
Rain volume in April and May will be higher than in previous years. Some rain can be expected in June, the expert added.
A Thai Environmental Scholars Club health and environment expert said the current low temperatures, which have dropped to single digits in some provinces, were due to the polar vortex phenomenon in China.
A polar vortex is a large region of cold, rotating air encircling both Earth’s polar regions, causing a polar jet stream from west to east.
The cold mass from China has also contributed to higher air pollution in Thailand, the expert said.
Vocabulary
- expert: someone who has a particular skill or who knows a lot about a particular subject - ผู้เชี่ยวชาญ
- humidity: the amount of water that is present in the air - ความชุ่มชื้น
- phase: a particular period of time during the development of something - ตอน, ขั้นตอน, ช่วง, ระยะ
- phenomenon (noun): a fact or an event in nature or society, especially one that is not fully understood - ปรากฏการณ์
- polar: connected with, or near the North or South Pole - เกี่ยวกับขั้วโลก
- pollution (noun): contaminated, when something has been made dirty, poisonous, unpleasant to see or smell and possibly dangerous to health - การทำให้เป็นมลพิษ, การทำให้สกปรก, ภาวะมลพิษ, สภาวะมลพิษ, มลภาวะเป็นพิษ, สภาพเป็นพิษ, ความสกปรก
- spell: a period of time when there is a particular type of weather - ช่วงเวลาที่มีอากาศลักษณะใดลักษณะหนึ่่ง
- volume (noun): an amount of something - ปริมาณ
- vortex (noun): a mass of air, water, etc. that spins around very fast and pulls things into its centre - กระแสลมหรือกระแสน้ำที่หมุนวน